Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER SUPER P3TSSA/P3TSSR/P3TSSE motherboards. The SUPER P3TSSA/P3TSSR/P3TSSE supports single Intel ® Pentium TM III FCPGA 500 MHz-1.4 GHz processors (including low power Pentium TM III processors) at front side bus speeds of 133 and 100 MHz, and FCPGA and FCPGA2 Celeron TM processors at front side bus speeds of 100 and 66 MHz. Please refer to the support section of our web site (http://www.supermicro.com/ TechSupport.htm) for a complete listing of supported processors.
Intel ® FCPGA processors are housed in a 370-pin package. Manual Organization Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box, describes the features, specifications and performance of the SUPER P3TSSA/P3TSSR/P3TSSE mainboards and provides detailed in- formation about the chipset. Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices. Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis.
Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives, the IDE interfaces, the parallel and serial ports and the twisted wires for the power supply, the reset button, the keylock/power LED, the speaker and the keyboard. If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3 , which describes trouble- shooting procedures for the video, the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS. For quick reference, a general FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section is provided. Instructions are also included for contact- ing technical support. In addition, you can visit our web site at www.supermicro.com/techsupport.htm for more detailed information.
Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa- tion on running the CMOS Setup utility. Appendix A lists BIOS error beep codes. Appendix B provides POST checkpoint codes. iii